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CVE-2016-5278

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Published: Sep 22, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.

Affected (5)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox
Mozilla
1 product
Firefox
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mozilla
Firefox
Up to 48.0.2
Firefox
Version 45.1.0
Firefox
Version 45.1.1
Firefox
Version 45.2.0
Firefox
Version 45.3.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (20)

Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
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Vendor Advisory
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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